Public Safety

A woman was jailed Sunday after allegedly attacking a deputy with her shoe. Karen Sabrina Buffkin, 37, of 5329 Swamp Fox Hwy., Tabor City, was charged with a single count of assault on a government official and held on $2,500 secured bond, according to detention center records. Deputies were called to a home on Fairfield Drive West just before 10 a.m. to a suspicious person report, the sheriff’s...

Eight East Arcadia residents had to be rescued from their homes Monday due to rising water. Chief Steve Carlin of Acme-Delco-Riegelwood Fire and Rescue said firefighters were called to Kennedy Store and Graham roads after rising water trapped residents in their homes. “All this water we’ve had in the past week has not been good for the low areas,” Camlin said. Crews used the ADR swift water boat...

Updated with additional information, details from the lawsuit and comments from the ASPCA Most of the dogs seized from an animal cruelty case on June 24 will be returned to the owner today (Aug. 8), after the District Attorney’s office dismissed 94 counts against the dog’s owner. Columbus County Animal Control will close at noon so APS staff can help process the dogs. Deborah Dahl, 70, was originally...